Healthy Cashew Chicken Recipe

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Cashew chicken is one super-popular menu item at Chinese restaurants. But that popularity has nothing to do with nutritional content. Remember all the talks we've had about nuts having healthy fats, but how you don't need to eat too many of them to reap the benefits? Well, you also don't need to eat them in a pool of oil. The chicken and veggies in the dish are perfectly guilt-free, and even the sauce isn't so bad. So it's CLEAR that the problems lie in the number of nuts (too many!) and the way the chicken is cooked (stir-fried in oodles of oil!). Our cashew chicken features just the right amount of nuttiness, the perfect preparation (cooked in a wok, with just a spritz of nonstick spray), and lots of yummy veggies! All of the flavor you crave, without having to worry about going up a pants size!

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